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An Increasing Sense of Urgency

Chris Hall

In December 2020, the Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) set up an Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance comprising business, financial and academic experts with observers of officials from pertinent ministries and agencies. Significant progress. This July the panel released its second progress report , revealing extent of progress.

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Responsible Stewardship: Quality, not Quantity

Chris Hall

Rickard Nilsson, Director of Strategy and Growth at Esgaia, highlights recent academic insights into the effectiveness of ESG engagement. While this tells the story of a dynamic and maturing market, professionals are finding it difficult to stay informed of developments. Sustainable finance is undergoing an extreme change of pace.

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Stewardship Nears Breaking Point

Chris Hall

Car manufacturer Toyota is facing a climate-focused shareholder resolution of its own, with Danish pension fund AkademikerPension demanding more transparency on the company’s climate lobbying practices. However, as institutional investors, academics, NGOs, investor networks and data providers congregated in London last week for ESG Investor ’s inaugural (..)